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by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Vor meinem Fenster

(Sung text for setting by E. Zeisl)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Vor meinem Fenster 
Singt ein Vogel.

Still höre ich zu; mein Herz vergeht,
Erinnerung klingt,
Abendrot winkt, Dämmerung schwingt.

Er singt, 
was ich als Kind besaß
So rein errang, so voll bezwang,
So traut durchmaß, so ganz besaß
Und dann -- vergessen!

Composition:

Erich Zeisl

Sieben Lieder

Text Authorship:

by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929), "Vor meinem Fenster", appears in Phantasus

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Before my window", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Un oiseau chante devant ma fenêtre", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 27

Before my window

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Zeisl)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Before my window
Sings a bird.

I listen silently; my heart dissolves.
Memory sounds,
the evening glow beckons, twilight descends.

It sings
What I possessed as a child
So purely achieved, so fully understood,
So familiarly compassed, so completely possessed,
And then -- forgot!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929), "Vor meinem Fenster", appears in Phantasus
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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 25